Tag and tag-fastener



(No Model.)

J. S. RATHBONE.

TAG AND TAG FASTENER. 7 N0. 361,4QL Patented Apr. 19, 1887.

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NITED STATES v PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN S. RATHBONE, OF ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

TAG AND TAG-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,451, dated April19, 1887.

Application filed December 15, 1886. Serial No. 221,698. (N0 model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be'it known that I, J OHN S. RATI-IBONE, residing at Asheville, in thecounty of Buncombe, State of North Carolina, have invented a new anduseful folded metal strip for application to tags, cards, or paperslips, and to be used as a handle or stick, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention consists of a folded metal strip, pointed or otherwise, andthe application thereof to a tag, card, or paper slip, to be used as astick or handle.

The attachment or fastening of the folded metal strip to a tag, card, orpaper slip is accomplished by placing the tag, card, or paper slipbetween the folded metal, then to tightly compress the metal, and,finally, to slightly indent or punch the metal over the place where thetag, card, or paper slip isinserted, as, set forth in the drawings, viz:

Figure 1 shows the folded metal strip A. Fig. 2 shows the method ofattachment or fastening (O C) of the folded metal strip A to a tag,card, or paper slip, B. Fig. 3 shows the combination of the folded metalstrip A and the tag, card, or paper slip B.

The tag B may be of any suitable form, and

it is attached to the stick A, which consists of a folded piece ofmetal, by laying the edge of the tag in the fold of the metal stick andthen 30 compressing the metal together and indenting it, as at O O. Theend of the metal stick is preferably sharpened, so that it may readilybe inpointed, as described, and a card or tag held between the foldedportions of the strip by the indentations, substantially as described.

JOHN S. RATHBONE.

Attest:

W. T. REYNOLDS, W. B. BAIRD.

